COMPTON ELECTROSTATIC ORGANS

Photographs

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The generator cabinet (front)
Ladder switches

The voicing unit
Console tagstrip
Generator stator (back)
 Generator stator (front)
Generator rotor (back)
Generator rotor (front)
Burning the shellac
Re-fixing the rotor with burnt shellac
Paul Morris gluing the brush screw bushings
Henry keeping out of the way

The motor and drive belt. Part of the high tension power supply is visible bottom right. The four resistors are the earthy ends of the swell pedal dividers, two resistors in series for each pedal.
The Melotone unit. The note dividers and time constant drawers are at the top, with 24-volt relays for switching the high tension mounted below.

The 'new' amplifier and its power supply installed on the floor of the generator cabinet..

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